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UK taskforce adds to cryptocurrency confusion

October 31, 2018 0 comments

Global policymakers are struggling to achieve a consistent approach to defining and regulating cryptocurrencies. A new report from the UK government illustrates the problem in microcosm. On October 29 the […]

Cutting through the blockchain hype

October 23, 2018 0 comments

“‘Blockchain’ and ‘distributed ledger technology’ (DLT) have become almost meaningless buzzwords that are mainly used for marketing and PR purposes,” say the authors of a new Cambridge University study. Given […]

Loosening control of the financial infrastructure

October 17, 2018 0 comments

Although the world’s payment and financial settlement networks are rarely in the news, whoever controls them has enormous economic and political power. As an example, the fact that US dollar […]

From centralisation to Lehman

September 27, 2018 0 comments

Ten years after the failure of Lehman Brothers, the conventional narrative is that the bank failed because of the US real estate bubble and the collapse in the market for […]

Why settlement matters

September 25, 2018 0 comments

Settlement of securities trades matters. The world’s market for shares and bonds is now worth $150trn, almost double the $90trn global money supply. The keeping of accurate accounts of securities […]

Bitcoin and ETFs: beware a collateral chain reaction

September 7, 2018 0 comments

Bitcoin tracker funds threaten a clash by bringing together two fundamentally incompatible financial systems, says one former investment banker. Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are still on the drawing board: as […]

How fragile are cryptocurrencies?

June 21, 2018 0 comments

The BIS says the underpinning of trust in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin is fragile. Cryptocurrency supporters argue the opposite—past glitches have helped make bitcoin stronger than ever. ‘The underpinning of trust […]

Bitcoin market seeks best hedging tool

April 13, 2018 0 comments

For any investor exposed to bitcoin’s wild price movements during the closing months of 2017, a reliable and liquid hedging tool must have been top of a Christmas wish list. […]

A new experiment in private money

April 10, 2018 1 comment

By launching in competition to government-issued fiat currencies, cryptocurrencies are a new version of private money, an asset class with a long tradition, says Lawrence H. White, a professor of […]

Heat rises over cryptocurrencies’ energy costs

April 8, 2018 2 comments

If cryptocurrencies have a natural tendency to polarise opinion between their supporters and their critics, there’s one topic guaranteed to send temperatures rising—the energy consumption associated with the maintenance of […]

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